Martha Cheng - Frommer’s Hawaii 2018

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Martha Cheng came to Hawai'i for a boy and stayed for its food, ocean, and people. She is the former food editor for Honolulu Magazine and now writes feature stories for local and national publications on everything from squash farms in Waimea to fly fishing in Maui. Originally from San Francisco, shes a former pastry chef, line cook, food-truck owner, Peace Corps volunteer, and Google techie. These days, she surfs, eats, and writes.

Jeanne Cooper is the former travel editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, for whom she writes frequently about Hawai'i. Her stories about the islands have also appeared in other Hearst-owned newspapers, magazines, and websites; Sunset magazine; and Elsewhere, a Sydney media portal. Before helping to relaunch Frommers Hawai'i, she contributed to guidebooks on San Francisco, Boston, and Washington, D.C., for Fodors, Travel & Leisure, and Time Out. A resident of California and the Big Island, she was inspired to study hula by her mother, who lived in Hawai'i before statehood.

Shannon Wianecki has been exploring Hawai'is hidden treasures since her small kid days. She contributes to numerous publications worldwide including Smithsonian, BBC Travel, and Hana Hou!, the Hawaiian Airlines magazine. In 2016, the Hawai'i Ecotourism Association named her Travel Writer of the Year and she has twice been a finalist for Best Independent Journalist in Hawai'i. When she isnt busy writing about rare plants or fascinating local characters, shes out looking for them with her four-legged sidekick, Spike. She resides on Mauis north shore.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rae Sojot, adventure partner.

Martha Cheng

I would like to thank my editor, Lorraine Festa, and my husband, Ian Hersey, for their support, and all those in Hawai'i who have shared their knowledge and aloha with me.

Jeanne Cooper

Thank you to my sister Brianna Wianecki, who is always willing to island-hop, make phone calls, and jump on the back of a mule to help me fact-check.

Shannon Wianecki